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A Sunday Kind of Jazz

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you, including music from Carla Bley, Tim Garland & Art Pepper plus a tribute to broadcaster/writer Geoffrey Smith.

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you, including music from Carla Bley, Tim Garland & Art Pepper. Also, we remember the late broadcaster, writer and former Jazz Record Requests presenter Geoffrey Smith.

Join our community of jazz lovers. Alyn Shipton is waiting for your requests: email jrr@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.

To listen on most smart speakers, just say “ask BBC Sounds to play Jazz Record Requests”.

25 days left to listen

59 minutes

Music Played

  • Simon Spillett

    Square One

    • Square One.
    • Gearbox.
  • Nina Simone

    Work Song

    • Forbidden Fruit.
    • Essential Jazz Classics.
  • Ken Peplowski

    Single Petal of a Rose

    • Easy to remember.
    • Nagel Heyer.
  • Pete Fountain

    Avalon

    • Pete Fountain Day.
    • Coral.
  • Art Pepper & George Cables

    Over The Rainbow

    • Tete-a-Tete.
    • Galaxy.
  • Buck Clayton

    All The Cats Join In

    • The Complete Legendary Jam Sessions Master Takes.
    • Lonehill Jazz.
  • Tim Garland & Geoffrey Keezer

    Out of Towner

    • Mezzo.
    • ECN / Tim Garland.
  • Stan Tracey & Bobby Wellins

    Misterioso

    • Spectrum / Tribute to Monk.
    • Switch.
  • Carla Bley

    Sidewinders in Paradise

    • 4x4.
    • Watt / ECM.
  • Bill Evans

    Blue in Green (take 3)

    • Portrait in Jazz (from The Riverside Years).
    • Not Now.

Broadcast

  • Sunday16:00

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